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In 1942, Joseph Mitchell (Tucci), a revered New Yorker writer, published an article about Joe Gould (Ian Holm), a Greenwich Village Bohemian who claimed to be writing a history of the world millions of words long. Twenty-two years later, Mitchell admitted that Gould's manuscript, except for a few...
In presenting the award to Mitchell, Williston Professor of Law Robert H. Mnookin '64 praised Mitchell for exemplifying the qualities of "preparation, trustworthiness, creativity and diligence that mark a great negotiator."
He quoted several senators, including former senator Bob Dole (R-Kan.), who lauded Mitchell as a man whom "not one man woman or child does not trust."
Mitchell responded to Mnookin's extensive, praising introduction, joking that it was not "too generous, in length or in flattery."
Clark said that Mitchell's speech made him even more certain that the award was well-given.